How to Use silver medal in a Sentence

silver medal

noun
  • The latest: Atkinson is fresh off an Olympic silver medal as assistant coach for the French national team.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
  • But none of that plays today since everyone gets basically a silver medal, meaning a medal has to be at least 92.5% silver.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Same for the shooter who won a pair of golds and a silver medal.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kilde won both a bronze and silver medal.
    Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Yet Kia's thrill ride is good enough to earn a silver medal.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
  • The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The women won a silver medal, while the men finished fourth.
    Jeré Longman, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The museum owns dozens of his works — and his 1924 silver medal.
    John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • France settled for its third silver medal and first since 2000.
    Sapna Bansil, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • Carmel Olympian won silver medal in 4x200 freestyle relay at worlds.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The second place finish marked the first silver medal for Biles, 27, in Paris, and her 11th overall Olympic medal.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The silver medal in 2003 after losing to the Germans in extra time in the final.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • At time of publish, the three wines chosen are gold and silver medal winners.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Josh Byrne tallied three goals and an assist for Canada, which claimed the silver medal.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
  • This would be good enough to obtain a silver medal in the competition.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 July 2024
  • But time ran out on his comeback, meaning Meyer earned the silver medal for a second year in a row.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Metcalfe also won a silver medal in the 100 meters, losing to Owens.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
  • The visuals created for and in support of the Field Trip podcast won a silver medal.
    Washpostpr, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • To name a few: Julian Rhee, who won the silver medal in September, will return to perform.
    The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Laura Knight, one of Britain’s premier female artists, earned a silver medal.
    John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The American athlete will be hoping to better their silver medal won at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Country singer Deana Carter appeared to present a clue for his identity, a silver medal.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The team from Great Britain, who entered the team final as the silver medal favorites, counted three falls in a performance that took them off the podium.
    Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Copenhagen, Denmark The Danish city also retains its silver medal from last year with a score of 98.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2023
  • Or will DeSantis pull off a comeback story of sorts by grabbing the silver medal?
    538 and Abc News, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Rebeca Andrade won the silver medal, while Biles’ teammate, Shilese Jones, secured the bronze medal.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Tonga has a single silver medal in boxing, and Samoa just one silver in weight lifting.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • McClendon received a gold medal on the uneven bars and a silver medal on the balance beam at the competition.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
  • King Charles' niece, who won a silver medal in an equestrian event at the 2012 Olympics in London, is a regular at horse racing events.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
  • Zara, an accomplished equestrian, won a silver medal as a member of the Great Britain eventing team at the London 2012 Olympics.
    Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 15 Mar. 2023

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